With the final episode of The Acolyte about to air, fans are rallying for another season by pushing the #RenewTheAcolyte hashtag on social media. Reactions to the Star Wars show have been mixed, to say the least. Officially, The Acolyte has received mostly praise from viewers and critics, and reviews have been on the kinder side. However, the show was victim to some intense review bombing at the start, despite decent reception.

“Renew The Acolyte” trends as fans beg for Season 2 of Star Wars show

With just one episode to go, there’s still a big Sith mystery The Acolyte has yet to resolve: what is The Stranger’s true Sith identity? Have we been watching the story of a Sith Lord from Star Wars‘ past all along or is he someone completely new? More importantly, is he the master or the apprentice? While The Stranger has already shown that he’s very powerful in the dark side, is there an even more terrifying threat preparing to reveal itself in the finale?

The Acolyte Episode 8: Theories About the Finale’s Big Sith Mystery

The witches of Brendok are a veritable smorgasbord of new Force powers. With the help of a Force vergence within an abandoned mine, they can create life and even turn into smoke. But in The Acolyte Episode 7, we see an eerie new Force ability: the power to not only read someone’s thoughts but to enter their mind and manipulate it.

The Acolyte Might Have Sneakily Teased a Future Star Wars Movie

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Netflix has one of the best horror sci-fi movies ever — and it’s something that deserves to be seen by everyone.

Netflix has one of my favorite horror sci-fi movies ever — and you just need to watch it

Fans of Action Bronson and Joe Rogan agreed they need a whole YouTube channel dedicated to their workout together at Joe’s studio gym in Austin, TX. In an episode of Action Bronson’s ‘F*ck, That’s Delicious,’ posted to YouTube on July 15, he was joined by podcaster and gym guru, Joe Rogan.

Action Bronson and Joe Rogan’s viral workout has fans wishing for full YouTube series

Incoming scoops are reporting that Disney wants to restructure the struggling Star Wars franchise around its original hero, Luke Skywalker. It is fair to say that things are pretty tumultuous at Lucasfilm these days. Along with every other branch of the vast Walt Disney Company (except Pixar, of course), the studio has been struggling to adapt to the modern media environment. The Disney-produced sequel trilogy of films made a huge amount of money and introduced new characters like Rey (Daisy Ridley) and Kylo Ren (Adam Driver), but was hampered by increasingly bloated budgets and fan backlash as the series went on.

Report: Luke Skywalker To Return as ‘Star Wars’ Main Character, Disney Rejects New Series

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Anton Yelchin was a Russian-born American actor who came into the world on March 11, 1989. On June 19, 2016, he was tragically taken from it. Yelchin moved to the United States with his family when he was six months old. His parents were both professional figure skaters, but he chose a different career. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, his mother said that, shortly after arriving in Los Angeles, a woman approached her, having seen baby Anton, and said, “He’s beautiful. He will be actor.”

‘Star Trek’ icon Anton Yelchin’s cause of death, confirmed

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12 Fun Facts About Han Solo

You've seen them in a live-action feature film, you've seen them in a hit HBO series, and now, you'll be able to see the Watchmen of Alan Moore's classic graphic novel of the same name in the all-new animated movie, Watchmen: Chapter I. The first of a two-part saga that will directly adapt the groundbreaking story, Watchmen: Chapter I is set to present the darkly satirical superhero world like never before. All your favorite characters are here, while the vigilante detective known as Rorschach (Titus Welliver) tries to uncover a deadly conspiracy that could change the world forever.

The 7 Things You Need to Know About the Animated 'Watchmen' Movie

The new ‘Gen Z Boss and a Mini’ meme, which is going viral on TikTok, has amassed millions of views already. But what is it, and why is it getting such a big response?. One of the newest trends to go viral on TikTok is the “Gen Z Boss and a Mini” meme, but what does it mean, and how can people participate? Here’s what it’s all about.

What is ‘Gen Z Boss and a Mini’ meme? Viral TikTok trend explained

Baldur’s Gate 3 fans love to romance their companions, but you can’t date everyone at once. Players want more dialogue options for letting the party down gently, as no one wants a spurned lover watching their back in a fight. The romances in Baldur’s Gate 3 have varying...

Baldur’s Gate 3 players want more options to let companions down gently

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The FBI has seen a rise in scams targeting timeshare owners. In this kind of scam, criminals con these part-time property owners into shelling out hefty sums of cash, all under false pretenses related to their timeshare properties.

FBI warns that Mexican cartels are targeting Americans with timeshare scams

During its initial three-year run (1966-1969) on NBC-TV, one of the defining characteristics of Star Trek (aka Star Trek: The Original Series) was its unabashed optimism about humanity’s future and its relationship to the rest of the cosmos. Here was a science fiction series which proclaimed that by the 23rd century, humankind would all but end war, racism, violence, personal conflict, sexism (well, sort of), and more of our most grievous failings, so that it could soar into the stars as part of a galactic consortium (the United Federation of Planets) of like-minded races and civilizations.

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Planeswalker Party is one of MTG’s most unique and entertaining Commander pre-cons, and this deck is extremely close to its lowest-ever price this Prime Day. Magic: The Gathering’s Commander Masters set brought style and power in abundance to the game’s most popular in-person format. While the card design of Commander Masters was well-regarded, the set itself courted controversy through pricing issues.

MTG Commander Masters powerful Planeswalker deck more than half off for Prime Day

In Longlegs, it’s revealed that Lee Harker met the titular Satanist when she was a little girl – but she wasn’t killed, even though it was her birthday the next day. The acclaimed horror movie follows Lee (Maika Monroe), a taciturn FBI agent with a knack for sensing things; she picks out a suspect’s house on nothing but a hunch and she works out a cryptic code in a single night.

Longlegs theory explains why he didn’t kill Lee Harker

Star Wars has always been known for its weird names, from pod-racer Ebe E. Endecott to the part-time singer, part-time bounty hunter Sy Snootles. However, none of these names are anywhere near as mind-blowing as the full name for Jedi Master Yoda. As to be expected from original creator George...

Yoda's Full Name Is The Funniest Thing In All of Star Wars

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Maz Kanata's one of the most unique-looking characters in "Star Wars" -- so it should come as no surprise that the actor playing her looks completely different.

What Maz Kanata From Star Wars Looks Like In Real Life

Kevin Conroy will always be one of the best Batmen to ever proverbially don the cowl, and the thought that with his passing there would be no more chances to hear the voice that defined the Dark Knight for generations of fans was a bittersweet one. But while there was much ire about the idea that Conroy’s final Batman performance might have come in the controversial, maligned Suicide Squad video game Kill the Justice League, it turned out one final huzzah for Conroy’s Batman was waiting–and now it’s here, and damn near perfect.

Watch Kevin Conroy’s Final, Perfect Performance as Batman

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ll have seen the enormous hype for Osgood Perkins’ Longlegs – but it’s your own fault if you bought into it, according to fans. Whenever a new movie gets rave reviews, there’s often just as much criticism saying...

Horror fans are blaming you for “falling for the hype” of Longlegs

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Terminator Zero has dropped a brutal trailer ahead of its Netflix premiere this Summer!

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The Acolyte will (probably) kill these two fan-favorite characters

The Acolyte comes to an end tomorrow, and I hate to say it, but it’s going to end in a bloodbath. Call me Darth Depresso (Still...

The Acolyte will (probably) kill these two fan-favorite characters

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